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Flashlights "Find what you want when you want it" Everyone Needs a Flashlight For Emergency For Convenience Refill Batteries for all sizes in stock 1 "Y REMINDED HER OF SALMON American Traveler in Europe Con fesses She Would Have Welcomed J- Dish Once' Despised. Elisabeth Fraser, a traveler and writer, was talking at a diplomatic re ception In Paris about her recent ex periences In Vienna. "It Is difficult, said Miss Fraser, "to satisfy one's hunger there, even at hotels that cost $15 a day. "Eating my unappetizing dish of hashed turnips, which frequently com posed the principal dish of the menu, I thought regretfully of the salmon I once disdained on a Canadian trip." Miss Fraser laughed. "I was traveling in the back coun try of Canada, where salmon boiled, broiled, In salad, creamed, as cutlets figured at every meal and became very monotonous. " 'Is there nothing else for break fast?' I asked the hotelkeepcr one morning as a whole fish and pot of mustard was put before me. "'Nothing else?' the man exclaimed. 'Why, there's salnion enough there foi six, ain't there?' "'Yes,' I admitted, 'but I do not want salmon.' " jfv; "'Well, then,' my host replied curt ly, 'tire Into the mustard.'" McFADDEX PHARMACY The R&xaJL Store PHONE 331 It will nav vou to watch our Windows DROVE CLEMENCEAU TO FIELD Former Paris Cab Driver, Now in America, Tells of French Pfe- Runnlng a chicken ranch near Tn coma, Wash., is a man named Nich olas Thlen, who, In his younger Jays was cab driver to Clemenceau, and who has accompanied the French premier to many a combat on the "Hold of honor," "No one In any country," he re marked the other day, standing among his chickens, "has fought so many duels as M'sleu Clemenceau. They came from what he wrote In his pa per. But he was so strong, lie al ways won. No adversary could bold a sword against him. "It was against the law, of course," added the old Frenchman, seventy two now, In a whisper, "so we always slipped out of the city for theHe fights." M'sleu Tlilen's cab stand used to be tn front of L'lntrnslgeant. Clemcn ceau's paper. Almost nightly, he ays, the present premier would come out of his office and hall cab 80SS. "He got the name 'Tiger,'" M. Thn explains, "because he was always the boss, like the big striped cat Is the boss of all animals. "Ah, my friend, those were the hap py days! Of course I will not Insult my chickens. They are good oneati chickens go. Bat It Is a Juae life liere. I dream' often of ,ttf old days when M'sleu Clcmenjlfetu would hull mo 'long about twSo o'clock In (he morning and we'd be oft." SEE VALUE OF MOTOR TRUCK French Business Men Realize That Their System of Freight Transpor tation Is Obsolete. That the war brought to France an object lesson In the utility of the motortruck as a means of freight transportation appears In plans now under way to develop a long haul I system. It Is hoped thereby to quicken the movement of goods and lessen the Impatience of various business Interests with the slowness of rail way and waterway traffic. The prac- 1 tlcnhlllty of the motortruck as a freight carrier was a revelation to Frenchmen of business who bad de pended In normal times on what would he held an abnormally slow service. From Havre to Paris by boat means often a Journey of at least three mouths, and at the quickest, which requires special arrangement with the government, takes about, four wfecks. Commenting on railroad transporta tion, between Paris and the seaports, a Paris business man Is reported as, saying that from Havre one must ex pect a delay of one or two mouths, from Bordeaux a delay of two or three months, and that "when goods foi Palis reach Marseilles they stay there." The humorous exaggeration Illustrates the condition which Is turning Frenchmen to the hopeful project of long hauls by motortrucks, n solution which will probably de velop because the nation Is already provided with exeol'ent ro'nds. Retrieving Barbed Wire, The problem of retrieving the burled and broken barbed wire on the bat tlefields of Flanders and northern France Is being tackled by the British wnr office salvage committee, and a mnchlne for the purpose has been In vented and built which Is thus de scribed : One truck and trailer carries the whole of the plant, which can work on the most uneven ground. A stout wire rope with a number of hooks is worked by a winch. As the barbed wire Is drawn up It passes through two sets of rollers, and the salved met al appears In blocks from one foot to 18 Inches square, and weighing from 70 to 80 pounds. For smelting It sells I for about $25 a ton. The staff In charge of the scheme thinks that there are 100,000 tons that can be removed, and if that Is the aggregate weight the cost of the 40 outfits said to have been ordered shuold be amply Justified. UNCLE SM SAVES SAVAGES .. The savage lives within his In come. Do you? But he lives only for today. Do-you live only for to day? The savage doesn't look ahead and he doesn't get ahead. Are you In the savage's class or are you looking ahead and getting ahead? The savage is no better off today than he was yesterday. Are you? The savage will be no better off next year than he was last year. Will you? War Savings and Thrift Stamps will put you in the look ahead and the get ahead class. Save! Buy W. S. S. regularly. War Savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps will make you better off to morrow than you were today bet ter off next year than you were last year. Save! Buy W. S. S. regu larly. War Savings Stamps are food when crops fall; a pleasure trip when you want It; the first payment on a home; the beginning of a col lege education; a start In life; a rainy day fund. Buy them regularly from your bank your Postmaster any War Savings Stamp agent. War Savings Stamps pay you 4 per cent interest, compounded every 3 months. Your War Savings Stamps are redeemable at your Postoffice with accrued Interest on ten days' notice to your postmaster. The longer you hold War Savings Stamps the more money they make for you. OLD TURKISH TRADE UNIONS Ye Old-Time Telephone Girl. "Time was before the experts came along, and, In vulgar business parlance, 'sold efficiency' to the telephone com panies, when the telephone was a real convenience," John Ambruster relates In Everybody's. "The historic In stance of a lady who rang up central and said : 'I am Just stepping over to Mrs. Brewster' for a few minutes to get her doughnut recipe she's Main 227 and I'll leave the receiver off so you can hear tf the baby cries and let me know.' In my home fojwn we used to ask central where the flrtf was and who was dead and did she think there was any mail for us." King Corn Is one of the monarchs who will not Join the ex-royalty club In Switzerland.' Guilds Formed of Members of Various Industrial Vacations Common In Constantinople. Whatever may be the eventual gov ernment of Constantinople, the count less guilds or corporations created by members of the various Industrial vo cations followed by the population will probably respond slowly to the change. In Constantinople, says a writer on Turkish life, every trade and calling has Its own union, many of wblch are of long ancestry; the esnaf. or guild, of the shoemakers, for example, Is said to have been granted power to judge and punish Its cwn members for public offenses as ?ong ago as the six teenth century, . In return for some service which It then rendered Sulei man the Magnificent. Organized for the common benefit as traders or work ers, the members of the guilds are ad mitted Irrespective of race or religion so long as they follow -that particular occupation. The buslnfcs of the or ganization is, conducted Tklodges, the officers of which have wfc held re sponsible for the good Savior of members. Although futMfcftidltlons In Constantinople will doubm modi fy them, the esnafg w" Pronjoly con--'ri"p to be a power.'; Production is the for Blgh'iM'i" :i THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOLS AND DEPARTMENTS The TTniyereitj includes the CoHen of Literature, Scienc and too Arts, and thi special Schools of Law, Medlefae, ( at Portland) , Architecture, Journalism, Com zmtw, Education and Music. 8PEOIAL FEATURES A beautiful campus, faculties of special Ista, modern facilities, low coat, with many opportunitiea for self-help, " Athletics for everybody," a really democratic atmuephore and the famous "Oregon Spirit." For a catalogue, illustrated booklet or specific information, tddnm: THE REGISTRAR, UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, OREGON. Ladies' Hats We have just received a large shipment of ladies Hats from one of the. largest millinery shops in New York City. Because our New York office bought such an immense quantity for 19,7 stores we can sell them at $8.90 and $9.90 These are by far the nicest hats we have ever had and we can save you from $5.00 to $7.50 on your FX FALL HAT Boys and Girls Christmas Books, 49c. A hundred popular Fiction Story Books for Adults, 69c. Peanut Now Important Crop. The peanut has accomplished won ders for agricultural development, and has increased production by acres and doubled the value of land in many sections. It similarly helped Alabama through the crisis when the appear ance of the weevil played havoc In the cotton fields of that state. It has done well throughout the South, and Virginia, which formerly stood first in Its production, has sunkjajlfth place. The peanut oil Industry has added to the value of the crop, and this year the total harvest and value were the greatest ever recorded, in spite of a reduction In acreage. The once de spised peanut has proved Itself n valu able agricultural asset to the South and the country, and the end Is not yet New Orleans Tlmes-Plcayune. Everyone There Named Levy. There Is a peculiarity about Little Tancock Island. Lunenburg county, Nova Seotla. which Is not generally known. Nearly all the residents are named Levy. In fact, only a few years ago all the residents bore that name. In the majority of cases the given or Christian names Is taken from the Old Testament. The Levys claim to be direct descendants of the men who fol lowed the fisherman's calling on the shores of Galilee In the time of Christ SloTRewardTliM The readers ot this paper win be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded dtaease that science has been able to cure In all its stages and that Is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly Influenced by constitutional conditions requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine la taken Internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur faces of the System thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, giving the patient strength by building up the con stitution and assisting nature In doing Iti work. The proprietors have so much faith In the curative powers of Hall's Catarrh Medicine that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it falls to cure. Send for list of testimonials Address ft J. CHENET & CO., Tolodu. Ohio. Sold by all pruwut. Wo, WILL ROAR TOWARD GERWlY Position of Sculptured Lion on Fa mous Battlefield of Waterloo It to Be Reversed. The lion on the battlefield of Water loo ii to face tbo other way, and before long it will stand with open, ponderous paws roaring silently, after the manner of yonr fierce but consid erate sculptured lions, toward Ger many Instead of France. Fortunately for the quiet of the countryside the roar Is Imaginary or the lion would long ago have become a nuisance whichever way he faced. The lion was set up by Belgium after the bat tle of Waterloo, and stood as a warn ing to France not to engage In any nore Napoleonic dreams of conquest; and year after year It looked toward France, while behind it Germany pre pared for the next effort to dominate other nations. It maintained Its atti tude while Germany carried through the program that separated Alsace Lorraine from France; but presently behind the lion's back Belgium began to fortify, and eventually, left him in the ridiculous position of looking in one direction while the Belgian fortifi cations looked In another. A tame Hon, one might say, roaring for the edi fication of tourists and with no per sonal feeling about It. But now Bel gium decides to turn him round and let him roar toward Germany as a solemn reminder of the unwisdom of dreams of world conquest. THINK TERM IS EFFEMINATE Some Tennis Players Object to Word "Love" as at Present Employed in Scoring System, There Is talk among the overlords of tennis of finding another word than "love" to mean "nothing" in the acor lag system, for, although It may sur prise many to hear It, the game la sometimes spoken ot as effeminate, and this bit of terminology Is held re sponsible. Nobody hag ever explained why "love" means "nothing" in tennis, but there Is a footnote in an old and rare book about card-playing which refers to an old Scottish word "luff," which meant "nothing," and this, per haps, may have been somehow trans ferred Into the game of tennis. Or, again, the term may be of far eastern origin, where a word sounding like "love" was used In the old form of tennis that was once popnlar in the orient. Whether or not the termin ology undergoes change, the game is in no immediate danger of falling off in popularity, and the repeated shout ing of these seeming endearments across the tennis net. has occasioned much Innocent merriment. Christian Science Monitor. Honor Cuban Generals. Cuba is to pay honor to the memory of General Maximo Gomez, the Island republic's military hero, by erecting a costly monument. A first prize of $25, 000 was awarded recently to Aldo Gaba, an Italian sculptor,' for a model of the memorial, which is to cost $200, 000. Second and third prizes went re spectively to Huertas Cabarrocas, a Spanish-Cuban, and Ontson Borglum, an American. General Gomez became popular as tbe leader of the Cuban forces In the war for Independence from Spain, from 1805 to 1898. He also took a prominent part In the Ten Years' war, a revolt which began in 1868. On the day of his death, June 18, 1905, the general's family was pre sented with a gift of $100,000 by the government of Cuba. At the conclu sion of the Spanish-American war, General Gomez was honored nt a pub lic reception given by the American forces occupying Havana at that time. Popular Mechanics Magazine. Helium Gas Cheapened. Up to 1915 the total output of helium gas In all the world had prob ably been less than 100 cubic feet, and it was worth about $1,700 a cubic foot. But Just before the armistice was signed a shipment of 150,000 cubic feet of helluju gas was sent to Europe, and it costs less than 10 cents a cubic foot Helium gas was first discovered on the sun, by spectroscopy. It Is the best gas for use In balloons, because it Is not Inflammable. It Is now ex tracted from the natural gas of Texas and Kansas. The method la delicate and com plex, but Is based npon the fact that the principal constituents of natural gas liquefy when cooled to about minus 829 degrees F., but that helium re mains a gas at that temperature, and hence Is easily separated. Surveyors Use Airplanes. 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